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Active managers have shed $22 billion in five years as index funds pull in a record $15.5 billion
A horror stretch of underperformance has pushed active Australian equity outflows to $6.6 billion in a year, while index-tracking funds attracted a record $15.5 billion - a shift now being turbocharged by changes to capital gains tax.
Active Australian equity managers are having their worst run in almost a decade
Roughly three in four actively managed Australian share funds lagged the ASX in the first half of 2026 - the worst showing since 2018 - as a shrinking handful of mega-cap stocks drive most of the market's return.
The New Entrants: August 2026
Eleven new ETFs listed on the ASX in August, spanning JPMorgan's first active Australian equity fund, four new Betashares diversified portfolios, two active credit strategies from State Street, and a trio of VanEck deep-tech and critical-minerals thematics.
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